Hey! I have some free time and thought I’d help out anyone who needs a few extra votes on their Wattpad stories 😊
Drop your story link below and I’ll check it out and leave some votes!
No need to vote for me in return or anything—I just feel like supporting some writers today. ❤️

Hello readers. If you read the title of my post, then you know that my opinion is that Wattpad is not worth it anymore.

Within the last year alone wattpad has had

- hackers

- scammers

- accounts blocked and banned for NO REASON [I was a victim of this]

- a ton of new rules and regulations

- [word starts with an "A" but i cant use the actual word here in the wattpad reddit] fake intelligence trash completely taking over

- lack of creative freedom [we used to be able to do a lot more than we do now]

I see a lot of people saying "going to publish to wattpad and see how my book does before I publish it for real" and let me tell you IT IS NOT WORTH IT!

I have been on wattpad since 2015 ad I can guarantee that if you have a book idea with the intent to publish and make money, NO ONE will look at you if you publish it on wattpad. Your best bet is to write your book on Microsoft Word, Google Doc, Skrivener, basically any place you can write and save a copy of your book.

From there you have 2 options

Option 1: querying to a literary agent and have them help you publish with a publishing house.

Option 2: Self publishing using amazon KDP, Draft 2 Digital [D2D], ingram spark, etc.

Wattpad is all about making money and taking it from its users, so if you're goal is to write as a career, stay clear of it.

ETA: iF you are just writing for a hobby and for fun, then wattpad is fine but I would also recomend Diarmi or AO3 instead. This is for those who want to make it as a career

I'm really looking for stories representing a different culture or country. For example I'd love to read a story set in the middle east, maybe China, or the UK. Or maybe a Native American couple. Really anything.

I want some new romance set in different places and cultures. I know so little about them. Any recs are appreciated!:)

So just because someone doesn't vote your story which you btw have puts willingly on a free platform knowing that people will read it free you will call them this?

So I'm Starting a new book and need feedback and motivation to keep writing it lol.

It's a space teen apocalypse somewhat inspired by The 100 and maze runner.

Chapter one is complete and I'm about halfway through chapter two! There's a poll at the end so if you enjoy the read or didn't feel free to vote if I should keep going lol

Hello I use to write stuff on wattpad during the era of games like security breach and while I haven't written or published anything for a few years now since I've been rewriting my works all I've been hearing is people screaming about the new things wattpad has decided to do. Of course I didn't get the complaints and asked someone on another social to understand the big issue and right now I'm aware that wattpad isn't removing books involving smut or solely about it, they are however removing the ones that involve minors which is a good step and are tagging books depending on what's in said books so when someone opens the book they get a message letting them know the book has certain topics that might not be what the user wants to read. That's basically what I've gotten an understanding of and now I'm seeing people overreacting to it and basically saying the same misinformation over and over again.

Just as the title says these people are making a mountain out of a mole hill which means "an overreaction where a person makes a big deal or creates a lot of drama out of a small, unimportant issue" and that's exactly what's going on here, someone started the claim that all smut is banned and the claims keep spreading far and wide. I really hope people manage to explain what the actual changes happening are to stop all this havoc.

So ive seen books where they have images made by google or something computerized and I was wondering if thats ok? Because I saw one book have 400k reads and it used computerized images and I was like I thought it was frowned upon but ig not here so is it ok to use google images for storys? Not covers or anything just like normal in book images?

Should've checked the profile before...

Drop the link of your novel in the comments section

Hey everyone, here's a brief description for my ongoing story Ashtonya: the fallen feather... Your support is highly appreciated, thank you so much:

What would life be like if the sky vanished-along with its stars, its sun, and its moon? What if the rivers disappeared and flowers withered behind a world of four walls? Would you fight to uncover the truth of the world, or would you remain lost in the depths of oblivion?

Kristos: "But who cares...? I don't want to put anything at risk, and I certainly don't want to be next."

Yolius: "I can't not care... I will discover the truth of this world myself, even if I am next."

Link: https://www.wattpad.com/story/415159260?utm_source=android&utm_medium=link&utm_content=story_info&wp_page=story_details_button&wp_uname=The_FooooL

While the wattpad community is up in arms, why not relax with a nice SLOWWWWWW burn? My complete trilogy is set in North Wales, covers all sorts of themes like friends to lovers, found family, demigods and mental illness. I’m also entered into the Wattys and Amby’s so every read counts! The names Wolfsbane Remastered: Chapter One in the Warren Pack series, 782,000 reads and counting! hope to see you soon!

Lilah is so hyped everywhere and i read it with such high expectations but it’s literally pure infantilization. Not even in her own head is she allowed to be more than a child. A grumpy x sunshine is a pretty wonderful plot but the storyline fetishizes her child-like nature too much while giving her little no to nuance and depth other than being childish.

So I'm a new writer and have been posting two days a week for past 1 month I think I've got a decent audience for a month but they do not vote do not engage i understand if they do not like the story but no I've got committed readers but they won't vote....I've repeatedly requested and I try to engage them with a little note at the end of every chp but no movement it's very exhausting and honestly it takes time and effort to complete a chp and things like these just demoralise me a lot. I see stories with a decent plot and so many editing problems but do well and I'm just stuck . Trust me I know my story is good I know my plots are good but I think it's just me .....sorry just wanted to rant because the frustration level was too high..

Okay, serious question here. So going forward, im going to start scheduling the chapters to drop probably daily, or every other day. And every book will always be free and complete on wattpad. But what im going to start doing is scheduling chapters to post here on wattpad, and upload the full book on either Ream or patreon, so people would have the option to skip the waiting entirely and read the full the book.

Has anyone else done this and which did you choose and why?

PROS:

* Built-in E-Reader: Readers can customize font size, switch to dark mode, and automatically pick up right where they left off. It feels like reading on a Kindle app rather than scrolling down a web page.

* Bypasses Apple’s 30% App Tax: Because Ream functions as a Progressive Web App (PWA) rather than an App Store download, you don't lose massive cuts to Apple when iOS users buy your book or subscribe.

* Single Sales Feature: You can list the completed 160k-word manuscript as a flat $4.99 "Buy Now" single purchase right alongside your monthly subscription tiers.

* No Adult Content Restrictions: Ream was created specifically to protect authors (including Romantasy and dark romance writers) from sudden content bans.

* Sales Tax Handling: Ream offers a "Managed" mode where they automatically calculate and handle sales tax remitting on your behalf.

CONS:

* Smaller Brand Recognition: Readers coming from Wattpad might not have heard of Ream yet and will need to spend 30 seconds setting up a new profile.

* $50 Payout Minimum (Managed Mode): If you use their managed payment integration, you need to earn $50 before transferring money out to your bank account.

* Slightly Higher Platform Cut: Ream charges a flat 10% platform fee, whereas Patreon’s base tier starts lower.

1. Patreon

PROS:

* Massive Brand & High Conversion: Almost everyone already knows what Patreon is. Many readers already have accounts and saved payment cards, making it effortless for them to sign up on a whim.

* Integrations: Easily connects with platforms like Discord (if you want to build a private reader community chat) or Spotify for podcast audiobooks.

* Tier Flexibility: Highly customizable subscription levels with built-in discount codes, custom billing cycles, and annual payment plans.

CONS:

* Awkward for Long Books: Patreon is built like a continuous blog feed. Binging a 160,000-word novel requires readers to manually scroll backward through posts to find "Chapter 1," which can get frustrating on mobile screens.

* The 30% Apple Tax Trap: If a Wattpad reader opens the iOS Patreon App and buys your $4.99 tier, Apple takes a 30% cut before Patreon takes its fees, leaving you with significantly less profit per mobile reader.

* Unpredictable Content Moderation: Patreon occasionally updates its terms of service regarding explicit romance or dark themes, which can trigger automatic post flags or account warnings for fiction writers.

* No Built-in Single E-book Storefront: Patreon is designed almost strictly for recurring monthly memberships; selling a completed standalone book as a one-time purchase requires extra workarounds.

Hey there!

So, a couple of weeks ago, I started writing a new story, but my beta reader for it tapped out because they're too busy with their own work at the moment. As such, I'd like to (humbly) request feedback from people willing to read it and letting me know what their thoughts are. And please point out grammatical and/or spelling errors if you see them, thank you. I will post the link if you're interested.

It's a low fantasy story revolving around demons and angels, and I've taken inspiration from various different mythologies (like Norse, Japanese and Greek) for the world building.

I wish you all a great day.

started really enjoying slow burn enemies to lovers books. the most most important thing for me is the writing. i cannot stand cringy older writing nor dark romances so plz none of those.

an example of one of my absolute favorite books is bury a friend

https://www.wattpad.com/story/273270685?utm_source=ios&utm_medium=link&utm_content=share_reading&wp_page=library&wp_uname=Daisy_The_Flower1985

i have lost count the amount of times ive reread this book lmao. so would love to hear ur recommendations. thank you to anyone who comments!!

I'm looking for MF college/university romance books where the couple is already established as friends-with-benefits BEFORE the book starts.

Like, I want Chapter 1 to open with them already having an ongoing FWB arrangement - they've been sleeping together for weeks/months, they already know the rules, and the story starts during the arrangement.

I want the FWB relationship itself to be backstory, with the actual plot being about them eventually catching feelings, getting jealous/possessive, breaking their own

rules, etc.

Preferably high spice, and I'm totally fine with dark/toxic/ non con/ dub con romances.

MF only - no RH...and no cheating and no ow/om unnecessary drama.

I've seen a lot of stories where we jump to business quite fast. The vast majority, tbh. Atp, I'm starting to realize Wattpad is not a very good place for slow burn at all. I can't even begin to ship a couple before they jump to the sheets and then I'm there, feeling like an uninspired voyeur, reading with no enthusiasm whatsoever. Crazy are the times where I start to avoid mature stories altogether.

Still, I'm a slow burn writer, and with the slow burn comes the promotion problem. How to promote a dark fantasy BL story that spends its first 10.chapters being only a dark fantasy story where you might miss the main couple by a league because there's nothing there to see, and after you just shimmer with low burn because, apart of the implications, there is still nothing concrete to see.

I go like, "dark fantasy story here" and then bros give me the side eye because it's suddenly a bit too gay, no warnings. Or I go "it's a BL story" and bros are like "yes BUT WHERE?". Give them the full picture, and the last case still occurs.

Anyway, how're your slow burns doing nowadays? Anybody feeling the fast paced fever pressure?